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Re: [Market-farming] Cover crop -- not grain -- before garlic
- From: "Kathryn Kerby" <kakerby AT aol.com>
- To: "'Market Farming'" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Cover crop -- not grain -- before garlic
- Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2013 09:20:17 -0800
The folks at Peaceful Valley Farm Supply
have put together a fantastic Cover Crops Solution Chart; it’s the best I’ve
ever seen. Many different plants that can be used as cover crops down the
vertical axis, many different issues/conditions/goals that are to be dealt with
along the horizontal axis. The plants are grouped very generally by type,
ie, “cool season annual” versus “warm season annual”.
They break out legumes within those groupings, so stuff like clovers and
vetches are together, rather than mixed in with non-legumes. While I don’t
recall wireworm being one of the conditions listed, it would be relatively easy
to look at the other goals you have for that cover crop, then which crops would
work, then simply eliminate the grasses/grains from the list of candidates.
Or maybe they’ve added wireworm as a problem since I last looked. I’m having some issues with my
internet connection this morning so I can’t do a search right this minute
on their website, to provide the link. But their website is www.groworganic.com and is relatively
user-friendly. Their print catalogs also have a tremendous amount of
information, including that two-page cover crops chart along with an entire
section on cover crops. It’s one of the better organized catalogs
that I get and I usually hang onto that one as a reference each year.
Their phone staff is also very friendly and knowledgeable, and they have always
been happy to discuss this-vs-that variety or option with me whenever I’ve
called. The one thing that isn’t always obvious in the print
catalog is that they have a gardeners branch and a bulk buyer/commercial farmer
branch. So if it comes to buying seed, make sure you’re talking to
the bulk folks for better pricing. But calling with questions about cover
crops would probably get you in the right department right away. Kathryn Kerby Frogchorusfarm.com Snohomish, WA From:
market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Pam Twin Oaks Dorene, How about brassicas of
some sort, or brassicas alterrnating with buckwheat? There are some mustards
that deter some pests. I don't know much about it because we avoid brassica
cover crops because we grow so many brassica food crops and have harlequin
bugs. There are forage radishes that some people use as cover crops. The SARE
publication that Richard Robinson linked to has a wealth of free information on
cover crops. Sorry to hear about the wireworms! Pam
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[Market-farming] Cover crop -- not grain -- before garlic,
garlicgrower, 12/27/2013
- Re: [Market-farming] Cover crop -- not grain -- before garlic, Richard Robinson, 12/27/2013
- Re: [Market-farming] Cover crop -- not grain -- before garlic, bobbett, 12/28/2013
- Re: [Market-farming] Cover crop -- not grain -- before garlic, Steve Diver, 12/31/2013
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Re: [Market-farming] Cover crop -- not grain -- before garlic,
Ron McElwain, 12/27/2013
- Re: [Market-farming] Cover crop -- not grain -- before garlic, garlicgrower, 12/27/2013
- Re: [Market-farming] Cover crop -- not grain -- before garlic, clearviewfarm, 12/27/2013
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Re: [Market-farming] Cover crop -- not grain -- before garlic,
Pam Twin Oaks, 12/28/2013
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Re: [Market-farming] Cover crop -- not grain -- before garlic,
Kathryn Kerby, 12/29/2013
- Re: [Market-farming] Cover crop -- not grain -- before garlic, garlicgrower, 12/29/2013
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Re: [Market-farming] Cover crop -- not grain -- before garlic,
Kathryn Kerby, 12/29/2013
- Re: [Market-farming] Cover crop -- not grain -- before garlic, Pam Twin Oaks, 12/31/2013
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